‘Optimism high as farmers trod ahead to plant more in new agriculture season’
Early indications are that South Africa’s farmers intend to plant almost 5% more hectares under summer crops for the 2021/22 production year, according to the
Early indications are that South Africa’s farmers intend to plant almost 5% more hectares under summer crops for the 2021/22 production year, according to the
Statistics SA’s latest economic growth numbers came out stronger than expected in the 2nd quarter of 2021 underpinned by robust gains in the transport sector,
The stage is set for another record export year for agricultural products. International demand remains high and prices for our major export products continue to
Farmers’ organisation, AgriEC, says Al Mawashi SA again processed livestock onto the carrier ship, Al Messilah, which is bound for Kuwait in the Middle East.
Although contribution was muted in the 1st quarter, this is a temporary blip given the generally huge production outlook across most of the agriculture commodities.
Fuel is the lifeblood of the agriculture value chain with all processes from farm to fork heavily reliant on its availability at the right time
The latest Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) GDP update shows further strong growth in agriculture of 5.9% (annualised seasonally adjusted quarterly) in the fourth quarter of
South Africa’s agriculture GDP still came out impressive in the 3rd quarter 2020 at 18.5% quarter-on-quarter (q/q) seasonally adjusted annualised with a 0.6 percentage point
In the midst of an unprecedented economic and health crisis one sector in our economy has outshone the rest. The agricultural sector expanded by almost
Following a good start to 2020 with first quarter agriculture GDP rebounding strongly by 28.6% quarter-on-quarter (q/q) seasonally adjusted annualised, the sector posted another impressive
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